11.   The Belgium government plans to ask parliament next year to modify the legislation making it harder to use the law against serving heads of government.

12.   The Belgian government wants to modify the legislation by making it more difficult to lodge suits against serving leaders.

13.   The government has already said it wants to modify the legislation by making it more difficult to lodge suits against serving leaders.

14.   The legislation was modified considerably from the original bill by Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, which would have authorized the sale of specific weapons to Taiwan.

15.   But President Bill Clinton plans to ask Congress to modify its legislation and allow exemptions for certain countries, Brown said.